Court of Appeals of Washington November 24, 2003, No. 50241-7-I (State v. Nicholson)

Appelwick, J.

Dereck Anthony Nicholson was convicted of one count of assault of a child in the second degree and one count of imprisonment-domestic violence. He appeals his conviction for second degree assault of a child with a deadly weapon on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to prove the elements of common law assault, and that the jury was improperly instructed on the elements